• The third caliph, Uthman (644–656), established the official text of the Quran and had other texts burned. TWO ABODES: ABODE OF ISLAM AND THE ABODE OF WAR Islam divides the peoples of the world into two distinct realms or abodes: the Abode of Islam and the Abode of War. The former have submitted to the will of Allah, and the latter are still resisting. Countries under Muslim control are considered the Abode of Islam. It is the duty of all Muslims to preserve the Abode of Islam from contamination